RESIDENT MAGISTRATES'S COURT.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 8, Issue 713, 30 December 1865, Page 3

R ESIDENT MAGISTRAT ES'S CO URT.

*>Wi»»EBS^^I)K!PEMBEB 27. ■■£&■? *s|" .■ ; J>noiAcnne«j|^mchael Miller, * Saddon, and wSgfc"'MwaMjjprG e ? cn nn^^^ for drunkenness, TboflHs Andejsoi^Wr drunkenness and using^bji&e language; ; w^s fiiied*fOs M or 48 houw inrjjroonment. Larceny .— -i^^-'p^^ifaboriginal njgip, W. was eha»ge|| w^ls^lin^jiat, the properoof John We^es The complaiprat deposedlpHsj on the 25th inst., he was sit^; k JSfii^Hp^loTO of^ Settler's Hotel, Napli^ . .'-'flK wifiL his hat over his face, when the prlpner oame in, tofck the hat off, and^ut it in *. ; 'l^iy%sack\_ The priso^,admittedpycing hat, and.?was sentenced^ pay £f or imprisoned for.sevendays.-^ine paid. Larcemif-- John SMpson, H.M. 12th regimeW, was charged with having, on the ||§jfl inst., stolen a piece of mea.t value §s,, and a knif% the V vo^^y Michael , Baldwin. Prisonerj on the night m question, was seen to take the meat out of the shop and run &W*M was followed, and caught with the in his possession. He was orde^dro Tw imprisoned with hard labor for a period of 14 days. } '■■■'& ] /• ■■]■■. > ■ ! 0-Fvr^^^^i^'^^ m^ s '^^ c^ was fined £1 ■*Jfor^isoWei|ce. ; ; ;^ -^ ;-;^^". ' • Sroionev.Sit^^ids. — Pla^iflf claimed £37 11s. 3d,!, on current account; 'Judgment for amount claimed and costs. .^f-* Larceny.— -James Kelly, a, private ofTI.M. 12th regiment, was chargedfwitli stealing a watch, £1 3s. 6d. in money, and a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of a baker in the employ of Mr. Blake, named John WilliamM*Lean. The prosecui^at a late hour on 26th inst.; treated the prisoner H|i|pFtwolfPier soldiers to drinks. He then : went home and went to bed. Upon awaking in the morning he found that a soldier's suit had been jgjbstituted % his own, and that the watch/ and money had disappeared. He had omitted tolock the door before going to bed, that any one could have come in without' noise. The prisoner was subsequently apprehended at. the Settler's Hotel with all the stolen clothes on; He was convicted and "sentenced to four month's imprisonment T|plhard labor. Another Larceny. — George Wilcox and John Sweetman \rev& charged with having on the 23rd inst., stolen a number of articles from a cart belonging to Mr. Chambers, on the road near the Shamrock Hotel. A few ofthe stolen articles had been found in possession of the J'soners, one of whom is a discharged soldier Ihe 70th regiment. Other men are supposed have been concerned in the robbery, but they have not yet been taken into custody. Thes|j|> men were brought up pro forma, and remanded till Tuesday next.

Band or Hope.— The numerous children constituting the Band of Hope in Napier, had their annual treat on Tuesday last. The 'procession formed in Tennyson -street at an^rly K hour on tltet day, nnd.|parcJfted to the %cMmt of: Jfnrestiviife — on^of JM^Sturnira ffetddocks, near Thomson road, 111; he ear^p^rt of thetlay was delightful, and juvenile games of all kuras Jgmade the hoifrs pass merrily away. The refreshment department was very efficient in its $psvay,* although some grangers among the Adults, when the ram begaiPto fall, thought that the tea would have been nothing worse of a small decoction of something stronger. The attendance of adults as well as of children was large, and the presence of the 12th Band, which flayed several pieces of dance and other music, added greatly to the hilarity of the scene. A little was done in the way of the " light fantastic," but, unfortunately, as the afternoon adj^fc vanced the sky^became overcast, and soon — Pljjft" «nnn — a fall of rain threatened to drench i numbers, and, caused a sudden diimandfor " God Save the Queen," which was 'fiie signal for dispersion. Barring the rain, every thing went off pleasantly; and we wish the hopeful" /band many returns' of their now eagerly -looked-forward-to annual holiday. Educatlonali. — The . examination of the KaDJegjiGirls' School, underi the management of took place on Tuesday, i#the 19th inst. . We were highly gratified with the progress made ,J>y the pupils during the ' short time which has el||>sed since the opening of the School, and the proficiency displayed by ' them in the ordinary branches of education. # rThe Government having granted permission to tfiejpspector to present four prizes to th&four K xs^Moaerving pupjjjji in each class, prizes were '."' awarala igjs fallows: — ?lst Class: Elizabeth %: Ross^fer Geography and .Grammar; 2nd Qjassjjf '^v^ra^^es^|lbr Arithmetic igjspd Spelling; also *Kiz^eMCoc!iclifor 3rd Book.of Lessons ; 3rd^ m» Class : Maggie Begg, for 2tfd Boos of J^sons ; W also Elizabeth for cotistan^wtend'* s» : ance at schooj. . 4 , T^fO pFPICEttS iDBfO-WNE^^TfTftE BsITEA r^r fe The Wqnganui Ckroniple of the 20th instant says: — "It is our painful duty to state that Lieut. Lawson and IJnsign Terchius, bo^ belongifig to^^lßtt Royal Irish, were drownecr iyesterlajE, aWate%, while bathing. We have !Jot leafitoid any reliable 'particulars connected „ vr|th thi^lad occurrence, but the fact itself is undoubted. The accident has cast a gloom ovlr thd front, where these officers were universally esteemed for their high, character and chivalrous disposition*;: — We ipl boHs to add to the above the record of another death, which also occurred by drownjng. This morning, private .-Toomey, of the 50th ; , Regiment, was °^M^^^^^^J while' bathing, along with a number o^hpfcomrades*, in the river, immediately abovelfchi^ soldiers' huts. Several attempts were at once made to assist the unfor%tunate man, .'.b.uilfehey proved unsuccessful. The body was recovered in the*course of the day." ilplThe correspondent ot the Southern Cross gives p.: the name of the junior officer as. Jenkins, . and men|ktns th 6 fortunate escape from the same fate of Captain Shaw, of the same corps. The young gentlemen, he says whose lives have been |/ bo suddenly taken away, were well known and i '-.'. ".■• esteemed by many in this city and province, ci^Hani; as well as military, and their untimely ;> : 7^atli/Witt' be generally deplored. 'i£lCs(>^'^ l p^^^P^'" rr^ : y^ b.s seen that a meet|rr r :ing, j h^S;^en|ajled with th^view of arranging ;fe preliminaries Jfbr next race meeting.